| Scientific Name | Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet subsp. uncinatus Verdc. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | FABACEAE | Synonyms | Dolichos uncinatus Schweinf., Lablab uncinatus A.Rich. |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2017/09/28 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | This taxon is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West | Range | It is widespread throughout tropical Africa from West Africa, Sudan and Ethiopia southwards to the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Strydpoort Summit Sourveld, Fish Valley Thicket, Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, Lydenburg Thornveld, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos, KaNgwane Montane Grassland, Wolkberg Dolomite Grassland, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld, Waterberg-Magaliesberg Summit Sourveld, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Soweto Highveld Grassland, Woodbush Granite Grassland, Ironwood Dry Forest, Kasouga Dune Thicket, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, Barberton Montane Grassland, Lowveld Riverine Forest, Mthatha Moist Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland, Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Rand Highveld Grassland, Eastern Highveld Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Transkei Coastal Belt, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Zululand Lowveld, Granite Lowveld, Delagoa Lowveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Thukela Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, Ngongoni Veld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Bhisho Thornveld, Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld, Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld, South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Ithala Quartzite Sourveld, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Lebombo Summit Sourveld, Mooi River Highland Grassland, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Loskop Thornveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Zeerust Thornveld, Marikana Thornveld, Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld | Description | it is a weedy species occurring in a wide variety of habitats, grasslands, old lands, streambanks, termite mounds, woodland and bushveld, thickets, forest margins and clearings, coastal swampy woodland, 0-2100 m. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet subsp. uncinatus Verdc. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Verdcourt, B. 1970. Studies in the Leguminosae-Papilionoideae for the 'Flora of Tropical East Africa': III. Kew Bulletin 24(3):379-447.
Verdcourt, B. 2001. Lablab. In: G.V. Pope and R.M. Polhill (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 3 (Part 5):80-83. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2017. Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet subsp. uncinatus Verdc. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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